Will listen in full later. When I door knock, I sense he could run for mayor and win again. Truly a valuable, knowledgeable presence still working for the good of the city and its people. He's not without critics, but I think he can accept that, listen openly, and would discuss it deeply. I do hope he acknowledged his personal ties to SW/DT Voices empire. There might be better examples of hyper-local journalism product, but his general point is sound. Alt-media used to be a little amusement park. It's turning into a lifeline given our sad, dangerous corporate media. Whether I agree totally with their various POVs, all are welcome here nowadays. Thanks, Terry, for this choice, and the recent talk with Mark Andrew. Subjects with vast historical knowledge and informed perspective we need. Keep up the good work, yourself!
If, in THIS election cycle, he's not endorsing...? ...he has nothing of value to say. I am deadly serious, here. Some things never change, and RT's ability to talk a lot, but say almost nothing that matters, appears to be one of them. I finally voted for him for my first time, the year he ran for the last time. I did so largely because he seemed to have finally "grown into" the job, for which he was utterly unqualified when he made his first run. Many of us who have worked in corporate bureaucracies recognized RT's "type" on first sight - He was the really, really smart, totally "together", guy who climbed the ladder, never accomplishing anything of import, because he had never been in one job long enough to actually gain enough knowledge to make a difference. When he became Mayor, it showed. But since it was then a "Weak Mayor" system, it didn't matter too much, and since there was no reasonable expectation of further upward mobility for him, he at least stuck with that job long enough to get pretty good at it.
But ducking what I regard as a nearly sacred obligation, in his position, to endorse SOMEONE, in the current environment? - That takes him right back to his comfort level of "respectable irresponsibility". So disappointing. So sad.
Will listen in full later. When I door knock, I sense he could run for mayor and win again. Truly a valuable, knowledgeable presence still working for the good of the city and its people. He's not without critics, but I think he can accept that, listen openly, and would discuss it deeply. I do hope he acknowledged his personal ties to SW/DT Voices empire. There might be better examples of hyper-local journalism product, but his general point is sound. Alt-media used to be a little amusement park. It's turning into a lifeline given our sad, dangerous corporate media. Whether I agree totally with their various POVs, all are welcome here nowadays. Thanks, Terry, for this choice, and the recent talk with Mark Andrew. Subjects with vast historical knowledge and informed perspective we need. Keep up the good work, yourself!
If, in THIS election cycle, he's not endorsing...? ...he has nothing of value to say. I am deadly serious, here. Some things never change, and RT's ability to talk a lot, but say almost nothing that matters, appears to be one of them. I finally voted for him for my first time, the year he ran for the last time. I did so largely because he seemed to have finally "grown into" the job, for which he was utterly unqualified when he made his first run. Many of us who have worked in corporate bureaucracies recognized RT's "type" on first sight - He was the really, really smart, totally "together", guy who climbed the ladder, never accomplishing anything of import, because he had never been in one job long enough to actually gain enough knowledge to make a difference. When he became Mayor, it showed. But since it was then a "Weak Mayor" system, it didn't matter too much, and since there was no reasonable expectation of further upward mobility for him, he at least stuck with that job long enough to get pretty good at it.
But ducking what I regard as a nearly sacred obligation, in his position, to endorse SOMEONE, in the current environment? - That takes him right back to his comfort level of "respectable irresponsibility". So disappointing. So sad.